Image is everything Since his impossible schedule prohibits Vice President Joe Biden from making it around to every stimulus spending project across the country, the government has come up with the idea of posting project signs to show your $787 billion of hard-earned future tax money at work. Even if you no longer are at [...]

I would say kazillions but President Obama might think it’s an actual number and try to work it into the next budget. Here’s the deal, kids: after a year of being deeply involved in the Tea Party movement and following the psychotic disconnect that’s been parading as news coverage and commentary regarding it, I’m finally [...]

Two heartbeats away… House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged her colleagues to back a major overhaul of U.S. health care even if it threatens their political careers, a call to arms that underscores the issue’s massive role in this election year. The Botox Hag, of course, is safe in her left-of-Castro congressional district so she’s not [...]

If the elections were held today… Republican candidates lead Democrats by nine points in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. The new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 45% would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate while 36% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent. But, of course, the elections [...]

You see, it’s really not just about telling people what you’re having for lunch. A study conducted by the Emerging Media Research Council out today found that Brown had a more effective strategy of using social networking tools including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to promote his campaign and connect with supporters. Here’s a look at [...]

Yes, it’s a stab at tying two stories together for one post. First, how’s that “health care everybody wants” working out for you, Harry? More than half of Nevadans are unhappy with Sen. Harry Reid, according to a new poll commissioned by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. It’s the worst “unfavorable” rating he’s received in the [...]

It all depends on what you’re seeing here. For the first time, the US has more government workers than goods-producing workers If you get a feeling of free-falling into the dark bowels of an unsustainable future, you’re a conservative. If, on the other hand, “Happy Days Are Here Again” begins playing in the back of [...]

OK, I made that last part up. Reporting from Beirut – Yemeni security forces killed two suspected Al Qaeda militants today in an operation that also left two alleged fighters wounded, the nation’s official Saba news agency reported. Amid fears of Al Qaeda attacks against foreign targets, Japan, Germany and France closed their embassies to [...]

I thought it was just the Republicans and the insurance companies who were dangerous. A Nigerian man tried to ignite an explosive device aboard a trans-Atlantic Northwest Airlines flight as the plane prepared to land in Detroit on Friday, in an incident the United States believes was “an attempted act of terrorism,” according to a [...]

This just popped up in my inbox. The site from the NSRC gives multiple options for contacting the Senators who might be wavering. They’ve even written the tweets for all the Twitter activists. Hey, it’s better than rolling over and playing dead while the freight train is barreling toward you.